11206NAT is the nationally accredited Diploma of Montessori Early Childhood Education. It prepares you for work as a child care worker. It has been the current version on the national register since 2023, when it replaced 10718NAT. About 2,954 child care worker jobs were advertised in June 2026, down 14.2% on a year earlier.
The signals behind the Diploma of Montessori Early Childhood Education are mixed, and both sides are worth weighing. Child care workers are in national shortage. Job ads in June 2026 were down 14.2% on a year earlier and enrolments are falling. These are official statistics, not a promise about your result.
Employers are posting fewer child care worker jobs than a year ago. About 2,954 child care worker jobs were advertised online in June 2026, down 14.2% on a year earlier. Over the last 12 months there were about 40,900 job ads, while 35 people were training in the course nationally (2025). Ads show the market. Enrolments show the pipeline. Neither is a job promise.
Australia's official shortage list rates child care workers as in shortage. The 2025 Occupation Shortage List rates Child Care Worker as in national shortage; Out of School Hours Care Worker as in shortage in regional areas; Family Day Care Worker and Nanny as not in shortage.
Child care worker jobs are projected to stay about flat. Jobs and Skills Australia projections put these occupations at 172,417 workers in May 2025, 174,121 by May 2030 (up 1%) and 180,230 by May 2035 (up 4.5%).
Fewer people are enrolling in the Diploma of Montessori Early Childhood Education than a year ago. Across Australia, 40 people enrolled in 2024. In 2025 it was 35, down 12.5% in a year. National data for 11206NAT starts in 2023.
The register and the national framework set some of this. Providers set the rest.
State funding for 11206NAT is being verified against official program lists.
Eligibility and student contributions vary by program and provider. The official state listing is the source of truth. In a subsidised place the government pays most of the tuition and you pay a co-contribution set by the program and provider.
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Browse coursesGet Course maps 11206NAT to its occupations using the register’s own outcome wording, shown with ANZSCO codes (here, 4211) so the mapping can be checked. Job advertisement counts come from the Jobs and Skills Australia Internet Vacancy Index and count online ads, not vacancies filled. Enrolment counts come from NCVER Total VET Activity and count people in training, not completions. Funding rows appear only after verification against the official state program list. Source vintages: register training.gov.au, synced 29 August 2026; Jobs and Skills Australia Internet Vacancy Index latest month June 2026; NCVER Total VET Activity 2025 collection; Occupation Shortage List 2025 assessment; employment projections May 2025 to May 2035 release; register synced 29 Aug 2026. Page last updated 30 Aug 2026.